Sequestration Updates

For Continuous Updates:

Research Administration and Finance has created this resource page to keep you, the Northeastern University community, informed. We are posting current communications from funding agencies, the government, and our senior leadership regarding the across the board federal budget reductions (sequestration) that went into effect on March 1, 2013. Click here for broad numbers courtesy of Research America.

RESEARCH

Most federal research budgets at agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, and Department of Energy will see a 5 percent budget reduction; defense research is subject to a 7.8 percent reduction. Different agencies are likely to manage programs differently. NIH announced in February that it "likely will reduce the final FY 2013 funding levels of non-competing continuation grants and expects to make fewer competing awards to allow the agency to meet the available budget allocation." Additionally, "although each NIH institute and center will assess allocations within their portfolio to maximize the scientific impact, non-competing continuation awards that have already been made may be restored above the current level as described in NOT-OD-13-002 but likely will not reach the full FY 2013 commitment level described in the notice of award."